Mutual benefit and win-win between China and Europe lead to cooperation in the post epidemic Era

Leaders of China, Germany and the European Unio will meet by video on September 14. All parties have been looking forward to this important meeting for a long time.



At present, economic globalization is encountering counter current, unilateralism and protectionism are on the rise, and the world is facing more and more instability and uncertainty. In the face of increasingly severe global challenges, China and the European Unio will strengthen communication and cooperation through this meeting, jointly defend multilateralism and free trade, send positive signals of maintaining world peace, stability and prosperity, and inject confidence and impetus into the world economic development in the post epidemic era.



Two partners of United and cooperative anti epidemic



With the spread of Xinguan epidemic, the global economic and social operation has been seriously impacted, causing a complex and turbulent situation. In the face of enormous difficulties, China and the EU have worked closely together to help each other and demonstrate the spirit of helping each other and overcoming difficulties together.



At the most difficult moment in China's fight against the epidemic, many European countries donated anti epidemic materials to China. European folk also provided valuable support to China through concerts, charity sales and other forms. Since then, the epidemic has spread rapidly in Europe, and China has also felt the same. It has raised a large number of materials to assist European countries, and has unreservedly shared its experience in the fight against the epidemic. It has sent a number of medical expert teams to the most serious areas of Italy to help fight the epidemic.



Michael Schumann, President of the German Federal Association for economic development and foreign trade, said that EU countries have not been affected by conspiracy theory and anti intellectualism in their anti epidemic cooperation with China, but have adhered to the scientific and pragmatic spirit. This is the attitude that should be taken in the face of global challenges.



The head of the EU delegation to China and the 27 EU ambassadors to China jointly published an article saying that the only way out for the epidemic is unity and cooperation. The same is true of many other areas of global affairs that require Europe and China to work together.



Two major markets promoting development and prosperity



How to jointly promote the scientific and orderly resumption of work and production, and promote the economic recovery in the post epidemic era, has become a topic of common concern for the two major economies of China and Europe.



At present, Chinese enterprises are trying to maintain the stability and smoothness of global industrial chain and supply chain. Since the outbreak of one belt, one road has been on the rise in the central and European open line. As of July, the operation has been running for more than 3 consecutive months. It has played an important role in ensuring the smooth flow of logistics and supplies stability in the central and European countries along the "belt and road" area, and has become the "fate tie" of all countries in hand in hand to fight epidemic diseases.



COSCO Shipping Group has enhanced the competitiveness of Piraeus port in Greece, and many goods from Asia to Europe are transshipped here, which enhances the port's ability to withstand the impact of the epidemic, and its throughput decline is smaller than that of other European ports.



China EU investment agreement negotiations are expected to be completed within the year. The two sides will promise to further open their markets to each other and provide a fair and non discriminatory trade and investment environment for their enterprises. This will undoubtedly be a major positive news for the global economy.



Gu Xuewu, director of the global research center at the University of Bonn in Germany, pointed out that there are many cooperation projects between China and the EU in 5g network construction, the combination of industry 4.0 and digital economy, big health, green environmental protection and African investment and construction. China and Europe cooperate with each other in terms of products, technology and market, and learn from each other's strong points to offset their weaknesses. This will help to rebuild the global industrial chain, which has broken point due to the epidemic situation and the United States launching a trade war, so as to drive global economic growth.



Two civilizations supporting multilateral cooperation



This year marks the 45th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the EU, with frequent high-level exchanges between the two sides. During telephone conversations, video conferences and offline meetings, both sides expressed their willingness to jointly safeguard world multipolarization, support multilateralism, oppose unilateralism, defend free trade, and deepen cooperation in global governance.



In his speech at the French Institute of international relations on August 30, Wang Yi, State Councilor and foreign minister, pointed out that unilateral bullying is becoming more and more serious and has become the biggest challenge facing the international multilateral order. "China regards the EU as an important force in the process of world multipolarization and is willing to work with the EU to safeguard the effectiveness and authority of the multilateral system and safeguard fairness, justice and international order."



In recent years, China and Europe have carried out close cooperation on international hot issues such as the Iranian nuclear issue and the withdrawal of the United States from the China Missile Treaty, which has played a powerful role in maintaining world peace and stability.



In July this year, Germany began to assume the rotating presidency of the European Unio. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has repeatedly said that she wants to lead the EU to more dialogue and cooperation with China. The German government recently released the foreign policy guidance document "Indo Pacific Policy: jointly shaping the 21st century". This 72 page document mentions China 59 times, pointing out the potential and opportunities for cooperation and interaction with China in different fields, including clean coal combustion, nuclear non-proliferation, strengthening the role of the United Nations, and higher education.



At a meeting with Wang Yi at the end of August, French Foreign Minister ledrion said that France hopes to work with China to promote the success of the Marseilles World Conference on conservation of nature and the 15th Conference of the parties to the Convention on biological diversity in Kunming, strengthen international cooperation in addressing climate change, jointly promote the development of global digital economy, and demonstrate the exemplary role of France in safeguarding multilateralism.



Falkel chapuk, honorary chairman of the Prussian Association in Berlin, Germany, said that since the US trump administration came to power, unilateral bullying has intensified. It has not only suppressed the normal operation of Chinese enterprises, but also suppressed European enterprises, such as the "beixi-2" natural gas pipeline project. Europe is also a victim of the unilateral policy of the United States, and the EU and China are defending the multilateral principle